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Programs and efforts to improve the economic or cultural well-being of a neighborhood or community.
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Community development+background
Click here to read a history of community development from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_development#The_history_of_community_development Amy Sample Ward
Community development+definitions
Community development, informally called community building, is a broad term applied to the practices and academic disciplines of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of local communities. - Wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_development Amy Sample Ward
Community development+best practices
National Governors Association
Click here to search research on neighborhood improvement from the NGA: http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.665439ab78c074e78a278110501010a0/?searchterm=neighborhood&pagetype=detail&serachdoctype=document-center
Sustainable Communities Network
Click here to find case studies on neighborhood improvement from SCN: http://www.sustainable.org/casestudies/studiesindex.html
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Community development+lessons learned
The Asset-Based Community Development Institute
"The Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD), established in 1995 by the Community Development Program at Northwestern University's Institute for Policy Research, is built upon three decades of community development research"
http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/abcd.html
2120 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-4100
847-491-8711
abcd@northwestern.edu
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Click here for an example of a description of strategic neighborhood action plans from the City of Baltimore: http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/neighborhoods/snap/application.html Amy Sample Ward
